My father has many chronic illnesses, and it is difficult for him to perform wudu for every prayer. Is it permissible for him to combine and shorten the prayers?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: My father has many chronic illnesses, and it is difficult for him to perform wudu for every prayer. Is it permissible for him to combine and shorten the prayers?
Answer:
He shortens only in travel; there is no shortening except in travel. As for combining, if the sick person needs it, he combines. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: My father has many chronic illnesses, and it is difficult for him to perform wudu for every prayer. Is it permissible for him to combine and shorten the prayers?
Answer:
He shortens only in travel; there is no shortening except in travel. As for combining, if the sick person needs it, he combines. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [490 -939] والدي به أمراض كثيرة ومزمنة، ويشق عليه الوضوء لكل صلاة، فهل له أن يجمع ويقصر؟ — youtube.com
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